{"id":15626,"date":"2018-03-21T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15626"},"modified":"2018-03-19T11:18:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T18:18:28","slug":"eye-on-the-national-student-movement-march-21-2018-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2018\/03\/21\/eye-on-the-national-student-movement-march-21-2018-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Eye on the National Student Movement<\/em>: March 21, 2018 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, March 2, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) cancelled a referendum in which Camosun students would have voted on whether or not to remain members of the CFS. The CFS cancelled the referendum because of a dispute over approximately $200,000 of Camosun student fees that it claims are outstanding.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15612\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/NEXUS-28-13-COVER-FOR-WEB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/NEXUS-28-13-COVER-FOR-WEB-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/NEXUS-28-13-COVER-FOR-WEB-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/NEXUS-28-13-COVER-FOR-WEB.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/NEXUS-28-13-COVER-FOR-WEB-300x465.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/NEXUS-28-13-COVER-FOR-WEB-180x279.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This story originally appeared in the March 21, 2018 issue of <em>Nexus<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fees were collected by the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) and given to the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS), a provincial component of the CFS. The BCFS is not remitting the fees to the CFS as the CFS owes the BCFS money, about $18,000 of which is also Camosun student fees.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, Camosun students now cannot have a referendum until at least September 15, according to CFS bylaws. Camosun students will continue to pay CFS fees during that time.<\/p>\n<p>The CCSS feels that the referendum should still happen because CFS bylaws say that the BCFS is a provincial component of the CFS; therefore, the CCSS says, the fees have been remitted to the CFS.\u00a0 Every Camosun student pays $2.25 per month in CFS and BCFS membership; half of the money goes to each organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, March 2, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) cancelled a referendum in which Camosun students would have voted on whether or not to remain members of the CFS. The CFS cancelled the referendum because of a dispute over approximately $200,000 of Camosun student fees that it claims are outstanding. 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